QLD council buries cemetery idea
The ageing population of Magnetic Island in QLD won’t be getting a new cemetery. A quarter of the island’s residents…
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RC Barrister: Fundamental change to the regulatory system for aged care is needed – directors be aware
Perhaps reaching beyond his role as Counsel assisting, where he is in discovery mode, revealing information for the Commissioners to…
RC Barrister: “Government has been tardy – there’s been no sense of urgency”
The lawyers leading the investigation of Australia’s aged care quality and safety systems have grown increasingly critical of the bureaucrats.…
WA’s voluntary assisted dying bill gets second reading
Proposed laws to allow terminally ill people to legally end their lives look increasingly likely to pass through WA’s Parliament,…
MyAgedCare website update on ‘additional service charges’
Important potential changes to information with regards to the issue of ‘additional charges’ being made by aged care facilities have…
QLD Gov inquiry into aged care, palliative care and Voluntary Assisted Dying
The Palaszczuk government is pushing along with its inquiries, mimicking the Royal Commission with regional Townhall public meetings and international…
US rolls back protections for aged care residents
In a new rule passed by the government last week residents in US aged care facilities (skilled nursing homes) will…
The Earle Haven Retirement Village firecracker – instant new state laws, federal government enquiry, Royal commission and federal police investigation
10 days after 70 residents of the Earle Haven Retirement Village aged care facility were left stranded with no age…
Earle Haven Retirement Village – what happened Thursday 11 July and why?
Surprisingly for a now infamous day, nobody can or is prepared to say definitively who did what in detail at…
“Neglect is evident time and time again”: Commissioners Briggs says it will take “years” to reform aged care sector
By Lauren Broomham Commissioner Lynelle Briggs (pictured below) has promised the Royal Commission will set the stage for the future…